Four team competitions were the focus of the afternoon’s racing at the Stadio della Canoa Citta d’Ivrea in Italy, with heats of the women's and men's canoe events having taken the focus in the early part of the day.

Slovakia clinched double gold in the C1 canoe team events, with neither their men’s nor women’s line-ups receiving a penalty during the race.

Simona Glejtekova, Zuzana Pankova and Monika Skachova triumphed in the women’s C1 competition, with the trio topping the standings in a time of 1min 52.22sec.

Britain’s Kimberley Woods, Mallory Franklin and Sophie Ogilvie had pushed the Slovakian team close, ending 4.29 seconds behind after a two second penalty.

Bronze was earned by France’s Marjorie Delassus, Lucie Prioux and Angele Gu, who were 10.36 behind the winners.

The trio had received four penalty seconds during the event.

Slovakia’s men’s team were also faultless as Alexander Slafkovsky, Michael Martikan and Matej Benus combined to win gold in 1:31.86.

Two penalty seconds hindered Italy’s Roberto Colazingari, Raffaello Ivaldi and Flavio Micozzi, as they ended runner-up in 1:36.01.

Slovenia’s Benjamin Savsek, Luka Bozic and Nejc Polencic were third, ending 7.52 off the pace.

Britain were the winners of the women’s K1 final with Woods and Franklin victorious alongside Fiona Pennie.

The British team finished in a winning time of 1min 45.79, with two penalty seconds.

Austria’s Corinna Kuhnle, Antonia Oschmautz and Viktoria Wolffhardt were just 2.19 slower, after receiving the same penalty seconds as the British line-up.

The Czech Republic’s Katerina Minarik Kudejova, Veronika Vojtova and Antonie Galuskova were third at 5.81 behind, with four penalty seconds.

The top five teams in the men’s K1 race finished within four seconds of each other, with each receiving two penalty seconds.

The Czech Republic emerged as the winners with Jiri Prskavec, Vavrinec Hradilek and Vit Prindis clocking 1:28.54.

Germany’s Hannes Aigner, Tim Maxeiner and Stefan Hengst were 1.62 behind in second, while Britain’s Bradley Forbes-Cryans, Joseph Clarke and Christopher Bowers were 2.31 behind the winners.

Italy’s team missed out on a podium spot by 0.01, while Slovakia were fifth at 3.57 down.

The morning’s individual heats saw Franklin qualify fastest for the women’s C1 final as the British athlete posted a time of 1:32.09 after a clear run.

Czech Republic’s Gabriela Satkova and Zuzana Pankova of Slovakia were 4.25 and 5.06 off the pace.

Slafkovsky led the men’s event by a narrow margin with the Slovakian finishing in 1:28.89, leading Italy’s Ivaldi by 0.8.

Savsek was third at 1.02 down.

Competition continues tomorrow with the men’s and women’s K1 finals set to be contested.